Day February 7, 2025

Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels A growing number of people feel anxious about the consequences of changing climate conditions. We are bombarded with news about floods, melting glaciers and long-term drought. Can fears about the future of the climate lead…

Women health sector leaders are good for a nation’s wealth, health, innovation, and ethics, among other things, finds a review of the available evidence, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health. Yet despite their unique and positive impact,…

Good health care decisions depend on good data—whether you’re making federal health policy or treating a single patient. But the data is often incomplete—particularly when it comes to defining a group that still makes up the majority of the U.S.…

The more plants you include in your diet, the more health benefits you’ll notice. This is why public health guidelines have long encouraged people to eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables per day. But the 30-plants-a-week challenge…

Humans have an exceptional ability to deal with viruses. In most cases, your immune system is able to fight an infection. On the other hand, your body provides a spa-like environment that is temperate and stable, optimal for viruses to…

In early 2023, if a patient living in rural Routt County, Colorado, was admitted to the UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center late at night, they may not have been seen by their inpatient physician until the next morning, or they…

Many people looking to improve their health try to boost fiber intake by eating more vegetables. But while all veggies offer health benefits, not all are particularly high in fiber. You can eat loads of salads and vegetables and still…

Travel and spread of South Asia clade I C. auris. Credit: Microbiology Spectrum (2024). DOI: 10.1128 In just a decade, the drug-resistant fungal pathogen Candida auris (C. auris) has emerged as one of the most formidable threats to health care…

Lung organoids subjected to conditions that promote pulmonary fibrosis helped researchers identify the healthy cells that transition into cells that damage the lung. Identification of the source of pathological cells could lead to better treatments for the disease. Credit: Jianwen…

A transcutaneous electrical stimulation system (TESS) is effective in reducing both symptoms and esophageal acid exposure time in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to a study published online Jan. 23 in Neurogastroenterology & Motility. Ram Dickman, M.D., from…

Overview of the retriever algorithm. Credit: eLife (2025). DOI: 10.7554 A new computational tool could help researchers identify promising drug combinations for treating cancer, according to a new study. The research, published as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife, is described…

First generation epigenetic clock distributions and correlations. Credit: Aging Cell (2025). DOI: 10.1111 People’s bodies can be old or young for their chronological age, depending, in part, on the amount and types of stressors they have experienced. Scientists can estimate…

In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, statistics emerged showing significant discrepancies in mortality by county. Shinsuke Tanaka, assistant professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, wanted to use his expertise in…

Cannabidiol (CBD), the component in cannabis often used for therapeutic treatments, is increasingly being used during pregnancy as a means of managing symptoms such as nausea, anxiety and sleep. Though the public perception is that CBD—particularly when consumed orally—is safer…

Regular consumption of eggs is associated with a 29% lower risk of cardiovascular disease-related death in relatively healthy older adults, new research from a Monash University-led team has found. Published in the journal Nutrients, the researchers found that for relatively…

Scientists from Peking University analyzed trends in early-onset T2D burden from 1990 to 2021, highlighting differences by age groups and sexes in China and globally. Credit: Siyan Zhan, Peking University A study led by researchers from Peking University and published…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1016 Published in Cell Reports Medicine, results of a VHIO-led study support the feasibility of using RAD51 testing to complement next-generation sequencing (NGS) for precise patient stratification and treatment selection in metastatic…

Credit: Guilford Press In 2022, suicide was the third leading cause of death for Black or African Americans ages 10 to 24. But while Black mental health needs are acute, the percentage of clinical psychologists in the U.S. who are…

A couple awaits the arrival of their first child in Carlsbad, Calif., in November 2005. Credit: AP Photo/Julie Busch, File Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of…

U.S. internal medicine (IM) residents from ethnicities and races underrepresented in medicine (URIM) remain underrepresented compared with their program’s county population, according to a study published online Jan. 30 in JAMA Network Open. Jung G. Kim, Ph.D., M.P.H., from New…

Credit: Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels UC Davis Health molecular exercise physiologist Keith Baar specializes in sports medicine. He studies the effects of exercise on bone, muscle and tendon health. In this Q&A, he discusses how intensive exercising after injury or…

Sample 3D representation of septic versus control CWT of ? HbT signal. Credit: The FASEB Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1096 It’s a copycat killer—often mimicking less severe conditions and delaying much-needed, timely treatments. But sepsis—an infection that can lead to multiple…

Physician–scientists at the University of Utah’s John A. Moran Eye Center have published an investigatory review of nine patients who experienced vision complications while taking popular semaglutide and tirzepatide drugs prescribed for diabetes and weight loss. The researchers describe patients…

From right to left, the painting illustrates the passage of time through the changing manifestations of the tree outside the window, indicating the progression of pregnancy and the need for consecutive prediction. Our aim is to shift the mother’s emotional…

The proportion of new cases of schizophrenia associated with a cannabis use disorder has risen from 4% pre-legalization to 10% after cannabis legalization in Ontario, according to new research. A new study from researchers at ICES, The Ottawa Hospital, University…

In a mouse model of medulloblastoma, OLIG2+ stem cells are immunostained green, with all nuclei labeled blue (DAPI). These OLIG2+ cells divide slowly to renew their population and to generate rapidly proliferative daughter cells that contribute to the bulk of…

Credit: SHVETS production from Pexels New Monash University research has revealed a concerning rise in new opioid prescriptions among younger Victorians, while also finding an overall positive trend, with a drop in opioid prescription numbers and the number of people…

A positive emotional experience during learning enhances perceptual memory. Credit: Masanori Murayama | RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) have uncovered how perceptual memories linked to positive emotions, such as joy or happiness, are strengthened during…

Classical music can affect fetal heart rates, making them more regular and predictable, possibly stimulating fetal development. Credit: AIP Playing music has long been a way for expectant parents to connect with their children in the womb, but a group…

Credit: Minh Khang Lê from Pexels A new community-based pickleball program called Project Rally is helping cancer survivors improve their physical and social well-being, according to a recent pilot study led by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center. The program, which…

Comparison of the primary outcome for physicians with LLM and with conventional resources only (total score standardized to 0–100). Credit: Nature Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03456-y Artificial intelligence-powered chatbots are getting pretty good at diagnosing some diseases, but how do chatbots…

Graphical Abstract. Credit: Pathogens (2025). DOI: 10.3390/pathogens14020110 In a new case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found that a family suffering from illnesses that included neurological symptoms were co-infected with both several Bartonella species and Babesia divergens-like MO-1.…

Credit: Psychological Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1017/S0033291724003581 Depression affects 280 million people worldwide, and the illness has been proven to lead to changes in eating behavior. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn and the University Hospital…

As a pharmacist-health services researcher, Dr. Antoinette Coe studies how to improve medication use and safety. Some of her motivation comes from personal experiences as a caregiver and helping family members keep track of their medications—which can get complicated. Research…

Credit: SHVETS production from Pexels New research published in JAMA Psychiatry estimates that globally, only 6.9% of people with mental health or substance-use disorders receive effective treatment for their disorders. Researchers from the University of British Columbia and Harvard Medical…

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration building is seen behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency’s campus in Silver Spring, Md., on Aug. 2, 2018. Credit: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File Patients who use smartphone apps to manage…

They’re small, colorful and marketed as safe sensory toys but water beads have sent thousands of kids to the emergency room—and now, experts and parents want their sale to be banned. Water beads can expand up to 100 times their…

The World Health Organization recommends that babies should exclusively breastfeed for at least the first six months of their lives and continue alongside the introduction of other foods for at least two years, as breastmilk contains the nutrients and antibodies…

Using an innovative and recently validated animal model of IBS, the researchers showed that opioid delta-receptor agonists can ameliorate stress-induced IBS symptoms by acting on the insular cortex of the brain. Credit: Prof. Akiyoshi Saitoh / Tokyo University of Science,…

Credit: Pixabay from Pexels In Utah, patients who consent to “hormonal transgender treatment” or surgery on “sex characteristics” while they are minors are able to revoke their informed consent if they later regret receiving the care. Under the Health Care…